How did you get on?

[103841]

Apologies for another me sea fishing and no fish post which must be boring and its not hard to understand why people give up sea fishing but I still love it; rather be there and no fish than stuck at home on a lovely day.

Never apologise for no fish posts, I’m a master of the art. It becomes boring when anglers can even catch a nice bag of barbel when fishing through apathy.

 

[john step]

Never apologise for no fish posts, I’m a master of the art. It becomes boring when anglers can even catch a nice bag of barbel when fishing through apathy.

Yes it gets things into perspective. Also it encourages newbies to give progress reports and for them not to feel intimidated about not catching big fish every time out.

PS Oh if only I could go out and catch a big bag of barbel.

 

[mikench]

Next time out I will be apathetic and pretend I don't want to be there and see if it makes a difference!:

I'm sure fish see or hear me coming and decide to go the far side of whatever water I'm on! Well most apart from the b****!

 

[tigger]

A few hours on a incoming tide, float fishing a couple of sand eels by this groyne in a perfect sea for such fishing, not a bite and later an hour on the jetty and not a bite there either. I did see one fish turn and flash in the shallow water, maybe a small bass or mullet but that was it. The feather guys had no mackerel either which I thought would be around in this sea
I got snagged and lost my float which you can just see in the picture which was my favorite float.
Apologies for another me sea fishing and no fish post which must be boring and its not hard to understand why people give up sea fishing but I still love it; rather be there and no fish than stuck at home on a lovely day.

I would have stripped off and got that float back, Especially if it was a favourite!

 

[binka]

I would have stripped off and got that float back, Especially if it was a favourite!

I was thinking that, it actually looks quite inviting for a quick dip

 

[103841]

Feeling a bit rough I thought a dose of sea air would do me good and with a sunny morning and very light breeze a bit of lure fishing was a distinct possibility.

Arriving at Westgate some 15 miles from my home it was clear that conditions were slightly different, it wasn’t just me that was a bit rough!

Needless to say the rod stayed in the car. Unless I decide to fish with bait I think that my sea fishing adventures are over til next Summer along my North Sea coastline.

Had a nice walk though.

 

[no-one in particular]

I was thinking that, it actually looks quite inviting for a quick dip

I thought of that but the float never appeared which was odd as I was fishing over depth plus there were a couple of these swanning around and I was posing, stripping to my undies and hobbling over pebbles and screaming when the cold sea sea hit my goujons would have spoiled my image. Priorities priorities....

 

[Another Dave]

Quivertipped worm during a spare hour late morning, saw one decent fish nearly go for it but blanked, but it's one of my favourite spots on earth so i didn't mind too much.





Non fishing duties having been done, i had another hour spare this afternoon, but had to weigh up the brownie point situation. Decided to take the dog for a walk, my sis and her dog came along too, as did a bit of lure micro kit:

Had a chub in the second spot, then tried a tiny narrow section just down from my parrotcage swim (see above), but this time on the other bank. Saw a trout come after the lure, cast again and it went perfectly.



It appears to be the resident fish that i've already had out twice this season, see How did you get on? and How did you get on? We seem to be drawn to each other! This was my first lure caught trout.

 

[103841]

What a cracking fish Dave. One of many still on my bucket list to catch and if by lure, all the better! Sadly few seen in my local stretch of the Stour where once apon a time they were plentiful.

 

[john step]

Lovely fish Dave. I once had one from the Weir at Hoe Mill on the Chelmer somewhat downstream .

 

[thecrow]

Carp were my target this morning, fishing a lead with a supplex hook length og around 12" long tied knotless knot and finished with a 12mil halibut pellet and a pva mesh bag of 4mil pellets.

First cast and the baitrunner was whirring after only a few mins, fish of about 15lbs was the result followed by 3 more 2 of around the same size, this one was smaller but the most handsome of them

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Six tench, a hybrid and strangely a perch of little more than 6" and some of these, time for home.

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[flightliner]

I had a trip to the Lincolnshire bank of the river Trent yesterday. In truth a nor'westerly that was forecast would normally see me on the Nottinghamshire side where the wind would be upstream and across to the Lincoln side but I was intent on giving Glens Triac floats a trial so it would have to be upstream and across towards me to give it a meaningfull test , one that's been difficult to do in the summer heatwave where many sections of the river have been closed on account of low DO levels.
I felt the need of a wind that would be fitting of the trial as part of Glens design was to give his floats the ability to hold its path when trotted downstream with an force that is trying to push it towards the bank.
The river was very low with no colour, a bad sign.
It was sunny and calm but on tackling up the wind picked up a little and for once the forecasters had it spot on.
The Red topped Triac set at nine feet was shorted shirt button fashion-- a number four immediately below the float then at one foot intervals a number six, another six, two number eights, another two number eights , the two single eights , a last number eight then two single number nines with a Drennan size twenty wide gape hook all to be used with a hemp n tare combination.
After a few half pouches of hemp had been introduced along with a few grains of tare I began to fish the one and a half rod length line and it was maybe ten minutes before the first bite produced the first roach of the session.
Nice but it soon proved it wasn't going to be a walk in the park as bites were at a premium over the next hour.
Not in the least unusual in the conditions , high tides and plenty of colour always give better results but today would be one for deep concentration.
I persevered and gradually I began to put a few roach in the net, not the better stamp fish but nice all the same and during this time the float was performing just as well as any stick float in the same conditions.
The wind picke up and normally At this stage I would be back shotting but decided to stay as things were.
No need really as the float was doing ok,
With a high bank behind me it wasn't possible to do the normal stick float cast but an overhead one .
Normally doing this will give me the odd "cartwheel "twist but it never happened, only a small thing but a bonus not to have it happen.
Then the wind grew stronger and to be fair I felt a number eight backshot would prove beneficial as lateral drift did occur but again I felt it was minimal compared to some of my usual go to stick floats.
It was during the downpour , with the wind at its worse that I had a pretty good run of roach with the float doing exactly what was required of it-- running straight and true and registering some tiny bites very positively.
At the end of the session I had taken forty one fish-- all roach, and in the conditions a pretty good result.
The floats are a world apart from normal stick floats and initially it was a little strange seeing a design so differant to the Ines on the tackle shop shelves but they performed just as Glen had intended and they are well made. I would have no hesitation of reccamending them to anyone who enjoys trotting a river for roach, chub, dace etc.
There will always be a place for them in my floatbox .

 

[Hugh Bailey]

I managed my first session this year today and not the usual Wey blank.

Bait was live shrimp and some mullet sort of thing I caught on Sabiki rigs. Caught from first to last cast - maybe 20 or more mangrove snapper and a couple of schoolmasters. Nothing bigger than 1lb or so but they really go. Am going to try for a barracuda next time (maybe Sunday). Some rubbish photos attached - couldn’t see the screen on my phone at all in the sun.

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[peter crabtree]

Today I fancied another go on the local town centre pit where I was surprised to catch the silver fish last week.
To confirm the fish weren't all concentrated on the riverbank side I chose to try the opposite side...

Sheltered from the wind and in the shade it seemed perfect. Plumbing up on the waggler I found about 5' depth 25yds out. With no apparent weed on the bottom it was looking good. Fed a kilo of dark roach groundbait and a cupful of dead maggots and started fishing around 11:30am.
It took a while for the first bite but once they started it was mayhem. Common carp around a pound apiece, roach and Rudd to 6oz along with a tench of 4:13..
Quite a few of the local anglers stopped to chat and all were surprised with this sudden explosion in the number of silvers and baby carp that seem to have appeared. 2 years ago you wouldn't have had a single bite on a maggot?

 

[no-one in particular]

By the way thanks for the comments about posting or not re no fish. A few times I have wondered if its worth posting, its been a bit dire this year in the sea for me with nothing to report but some good points made.
In fact I went early yesterday just after the high tide, I usually fish it up, just for a couple of hours and still nothing. A couple of blokes got in early and had about 4 mackerel right on the high tide and then it went dead for them. Its often the case once the tide turns the fishing goes off but not on all beaches, local knowledge about that is always worth seeking. I did spot some white-bait swimming about so was hoping the mackerel or maybe a bass was still under them but not to be. Got some bait left over so might have one more try later.
Now the autumn is closing in some very big bass are caught-10lb+, something to do with them following the gulf stream as it changes in the autumn. Those that try for them often put a whole mackerel or a whole squid on a very big hook elasticated on to it. They cant cast far but these big bass come close in and its a long waiting game but, I might change direction over the next couple of months and get the heavy beach gear out of storage.
I will probably have a heart attack if I caught one but I will try and get a picture first.; its becoming a bit of a mission now.

 

[mikench]

I had a couple of hours fishing off the rocks yesterday despite it being very hot! A Frenchman next to me was fishing bread on the hook but encased in crumb and then a pva bag and just plopped in the water about 20' out! His rod was about 10' or 11' long but with only 2 eyes; one in the middle and one at the end!

I had a rod in the car and had bought a baguette for later( er indoors wouldn't miss it I thought) so I had a go. I had some small pva bags too!! It was very relaxing just wearing swim shorts and being in the sun! The crumb and piece of baguette brought loads of little fish and produced a vortex of activity but no bites. My french friend fared no better! I gave up when the lure of the water became too strong and because I wanted to try my new full face mask and snorkel from Decathlon designed to remain fog free!! That worked well and the fishing concluded! I could see many small fish among the rocks but few larger ones!

I can't see me doing this in my local lakes anytime soon!

 

[tigger]

I had a trip to the Lincolnshire bank of the river Trent yesterday. In truth a nor'westerly that was forecast would normally see me on the Nottinghamshire side where the wind would be upstream and across to the Lincoln side but I was intent on giving Glens Triac floats a trial so it would have to be upstream and across towards me to give it a meaningfull test , one that's been difficult to do in the summer heatwave where many sections of the river have been closed on account of low DO levels.
I felt the need of a wind that would be fitting of the trial as part of Glens design was to give his floats the ability to hold its path when trotted downstream with an force that is trying to push it towards the bank.
The river was very low with no colour, a bad sign.
It was sunny and calm but on tackling up the wind picked up a little and for once the forecasters had it spot on.
The Red topped Triac set at nine feet was shorted shirt button fashion-- a number four immediately below the float then at one foot intervals a number six, another six, two number eights, another two number eights , the two single eights , a last number eight then two single number nines with a Drennan size twenty wide gape hook all to be used with a hemp n tare combination.
After a few half pouches of hemp had been introduced along with a few grains of tare I began to fish the one and a half rod length line and it was maybe ten minutes before the first bite produced the first roach of the session.
Nice but it soon proved it wasn't going to be a walk in the park as bites were at a premium over the next hour.
Not in the least unusual in the conditions , high tides and plenty of colour always give better results but today would be one for deep concentration.
I persevered and gradually I began to put a few roach in the net, not the better stamp fish but nice all the same and during this time the float was performing just as well as any stick float in the same conditions.
The wind picke up and normally At this stage I would be back shotting but decided to stay as things were.
No need really as the float was doing ok,
With a high bank behind me it wasn't possible to do the normal stick float cast but an overhead one .
Normally doing this will give me the odd "cartwheel "twist but it never happened, only a small thing but a bonus not to have it happen.
Then the wind grew stronger and to be fair I felt a number eight backshot would prove beneficial as lateral drift did occur but again I felt it was minimal compared to some of my usual go to stick floats.
It was during the downpour , with the wind at its worse that I had a pretty good run of roach with the float doing exactly what was required of it-- running straight and true and registering some tiny bites very positively.
At the end of the session I had taken forty one fish-- all roach, and in the conditions a pretty good result.
The floats are a world apart from normal stick floats and initially it was a little strange seeing a design so differant to the Ines on the tackle shop shelves but they performed just as Glen had intended and they are well made. I would have no hesitation of reccamending them to anyone who enjoys trotting a river for roach, chub, dace etc.
There will always be a place for them in my floatbox .

Great write up on the triak float Mick, they are good floats arn't they!
Unfortunately conditions this summer have forced me to fish the very fastest of swims where I had to use long sight tipped wire stemmed bolo floats in order to them and stop the float being pulled under in the chop etc. Now things are getting back to normal i'll be getting out the triac float on a local stream. Unfortunately I can't post pictures so my report will be short of them .

 

[mbfishingproducts]

Thankyou so much for posting a review Mick, Glad you liked the floats.
We now have a facebook page if you fancy having a look. M B Fishing products. There are pictures of the whole range on there
Kind Regards, Glenn

 

[mbfishingproducts]

I had a trip to the Lincolnshire bank of the river Trent yesterday. In truth a nor'westerly that was forecast would normally see me on the Nottinghamshire side where the wind would be upstream and across to the Lincoln side but I was intent on giving Glens Triac floats a trial so it would have to be upstream and across towards me to give it a meaningfull test , one that's been difficult to do in the summer heatwave where many sections of the river have been closed on account of low DO levels.
I felt the need of a wind that would be fitting of the trial as part of Glens design was to give his floats the ability to hold its path when trotted downstream with an force that is trying to push it towards the bank.
The river was very low with no colour, a bad sign.
It was sunny and calm but on tackling up the wind picked up a little and for once the forecasters had it spot on.
The Red topped Triac set at nine feet was shorted shirt button fashion-- a number four immediately below the float then at one foot intervals a number six, another six, two number eights, another two number eights , the two single eights , a last number eight then two single number nines with a Drennan size twenty wide gape hook all to be used with a hemp n tare combination.
After a few half pouches of hemp had been introduced along with a few grains of tare I began to fish the one and a half rod length line and it was maybe ten minutes before the first bite produced the first roach of the session.
Nice but it soon proved it wasn't going to be a walk in the park as bites were at a premium over the next hour.
Not in the least unusual in the conditions , high tides and plenty of colour always give better results but today would be one for deep concentration.
I persevered and gradually I began to put a few roach in the net, not the better stamp fish but nice all the same and during this time the float was performing just as well as any stick float in the same conditions.
The wind picke up and normally At this stage I would be back shotting but decided to stay as things were.
No need really as the float was doing ok,
With a high bank behind me it wasn't possible to do the normal stick float cast but an overhead one .
Normally doing this will give me the odd "cartwheel "twist but it never happened, only a small thing but a bonus not to have it happen.
Then the wind grew stronger and to be fair I felt a number eight backshot would prove beneficial as lateral drift did occur but again I felt it was minimal compared to some of my usual go to stick floats.
It was during the downpour , with the wind at its worse that I had a pretty good run of roach with the float doing exactly what was required of it-- running straight and true and registering some tiny bites very positively.
At the end of the session I had taken forty one fish-- all roach, and in the conditions a pretty good result.
The floats are a world apart from normal stick floats and initially it was a little strange seeing a design so differant to the Ines on the tackle shop shelves but they performed just as Glen had intended and they are well made. I would have no hesitation of reccamending them to anyone who enjoys trotting a river for roach, chub, dace etc.
There will always be a place for them in my floatbox .

Thankyou so much for posting a review Mick, Glad you liked the floats.
We now have a facebook page if you fancy having a look. M B Fishing products. There are pictures of the whole range on there
Kind Regards, Glenn

 

[mbfishingproducts]

Great write up on the triak float Mick, they are good floats arn't they!
Unfortunately conditions this summer have forced me to fish the very fastest of swims where I had to use long sigh tipped wire stemmed bolo floats in order to them and stop the float being pulled under in the chop etc. Now things are getting back to normal i'll be getting out the triac float on a local stream. Unfortunately I can't post pictures so my report will be short of them .

Looking forward to your feedback when you get chance to use them Ian.
Thanks again, Glenn